Uncommon Snake Foods

Cazador · 10-30-2006, 11:37 PM

Hi all,
I have two questions. 1) What are some of the more unusual foods that you routinely feed your garter snakes, and 2) what are the strangest foods that your snakes have ever eaten? Even unusual types of fish and rodents count. Please mention whether the food is part of their regular diet or just an occasional supplement. This should be interesting

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Rick

Thamnophis · 10-30-2006, 11:50 PM

Some years ago I gave my Thamnophis, amongst others, chicken liver and spleen from cows. In those years it was part of their regular food. They got it once every two weeks or so.

Cazador · 10-30-2006, 11:53 PM

Those are great! Keep 'em coming.

Stefan-A · 10-31-2006, 02:43 AM

Hatchling budgie, once. Wildcaught house mice and voles on occasion, depending on their size.

ssssnakeluvr · 11-01-2006, 06:26 PM

I haven't really fed mine anything unusual....I do have a pic I found on the internet of a garter eating a roadkilled bird.....

Cazador · 11-01-2006, 07:31 PM

Sweet!!! Post it or post a link.

boeh · 11-02-2006, 01:09 AM

Sometimes (twice a year) I feed mine some chicken or cow heart cutted in bite-sized stripes

I have asserted that my similis (

) loved them much more than the concinnus and the sirtalis.

Cazador · 11-02-2006, 01:39 AM

BEEF! It's what's for dinner.

KITKAT · 11-12-2006, 10:55 AM

I had a female T sirtalis "Florida Blue" that was so huge that she was hard to keep fed.

A bait store near me carries frozen CHUBS. These are huge minnows. She loved them. I also fed her frozen SHAD from the same bait store.

ssssnakeluvr · 11-13-2006, 05:46 PM

Here's the pic of the odd lunch for the garter....roadkilled bird.

10-30-2006, 11:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Uncommon Snake Foods Hi all, I have two questions. 1) What are some of the more unusual foods that you routinely feed your garter snakes, and 2) what are the strangest foods that your snakes have ever eaten? Even unusual types of fish and rodents count. Please mention whether the food is part of their regular diet or just an occasional supplement. This should be interesting . Rick

10-30-2006, 11:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Thamnophis Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,284 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Some years ago I gave my Thamnophis, amongst others, chicken liver and spleen from cows. In those years it was part of their regular food. They got it once every two weeks or so. __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

10-30-2006, 11:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Those are great! Keep 'em coming.

10-31-2006, 02:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Stefan-A The Prince of Insufficient Light. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 4,141 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Hatchling budgie, once. Wildcaught house mice and voles on occasion, depending on their size.

11-01-2006, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,476 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods I haven't really fed mine anything unusual....I do have a pic I found on the internet of a garter eating a roadkilled bird.....

11-01-2006, 07:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Sweet!!! Post it or post a link.

11-02-2006, 01:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
boeh "First shed, A Success" Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Basel Posts: 110 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Sometimes (twice a year) I feed mine some chicken or cow heart cutted in bite-sized stripes I have asserted that my similis () loved them much more than the concinnus and the sirtalis.

11-02-2006, 01:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods BEEF! It's what's for dinner.

11-12-2006, 10:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
KITKAT "Fourth shed, A Success" Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 815 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods I had a female T sirtalis "Florida Blue" that was so huge that she was hard to keep fed. A bait store near me carries frozen CHUBS. These are huge minnows. She loved them. I also fed her frozen SHAD from the same bait store. __________________ KitKat "Acts of kindness should never be random."

11-13-2006, 05:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,476 Country:	Re: Uncommon Snake Foods Here's the pic of the odd lunch for the garter....roadkilled bird.

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